Finally caved in and watched Pacific Rim and I'm happy I did!

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2020)

When Pacific Rim first came out I felt like I was so bombarded by the likes of Transformers, GI Joe, Godzilla and all the Marvel and DC movies that I just couldn't wrap my head around the idea of another Sci-Fi; "world in jeopardy" style film, but now having watched Pacific Rim I've got to admit that it's a pretty cool story. Giant monsters called "Kaiju" start randomly coming out of the Pacific Ocean to wreak havoc on the most densely populated cities on the planet so Earth comes up with this idea of building these giant mech-warriors called "Jaggers" that are about the same size as the monsters in order to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the monsters: Awesome!
To me the battles are really high end CGI, but at the same time sort of lack creativity in some ways and are a little slow. I grew up on 90s style action-cartoons with fight scenes that were right on par with my imagination so I thought there could have been more creativity with how to beat these monsters and look better, and faster doing it.
For the most part I was pretty impressed by the acting. Hunnam and Elba lead the story really well playing off of each others grittiness and remaining calm despite the fact that they know mankind may not be able to survive the next attack from the Kaiju since the relentless assault of the past 10 years has really taken its toll. The only character that seemed out of sorts and unbelievable was Rinko Kikuchi. I don't know what B-level soap opera they found her in, but everything she did seemed unauthentic for the situation of the movie. Charlie Day somehow seemed less annoying than he usually is and dare I say his comic relief was much appreciated? Ron Pearlman's cameo was a great bonus as well!
I give this one an 8/10 and if you liked Godzilla I think you'll like this movie even better!